We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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